Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long, USA TODAY reports. The asteroid 2024 ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 was identified on August 7 of this year ... asteroid 2006 RH120, which was the second moon of Earth from ...

A second moon joined the Earth's orbit on Sunday, September 29 th. The ‘mini moon’ is actually a small asteroid, the size of a school bus, that is known as 2024 PT5. This solar rock has ...

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Did you hear about our little “mini moon”? No, this is not a couple ... The is essentially a hunk of metal and rock that is named 2024 PT5. This asteroid will become ...

Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!

have a mini-moon orbiting it until Nov. 25. "2024 PT5", as it's called, is only 33 feet long and won't be visible to the naked eye, or even an amateur telescope. But even if you can't see it ...

The moon recently hit its full moon phase on Oct. 17. It was also a supermoon, the largest this year and the second-to-last of 2024. It’s rare for there to be two full moons during a season ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...